Parks category: 548 books

The essential guide to one of the world's most popular climbing destinations— with detailed color topos, stunning action photos, and maps ***Best Climbs Joshua Tree National Park***is part of a series of new climbing guides from Falcon, appealing specifically to nonlocal climbers and locals...

With more than 45,000 copies sold this is one of the most popular books ever published about Acadia National Park. Its small size and useful format make it the perfect book to pick up if you are interested in exploring the park. Densely packed with maps and easy to use directions as well as wonderful...

Award-winning photographer Craig Varjabedian has spent decades photographing the many moods of the magnificent and ever-changing landscape of New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument. His photographs reveal snow-white dunes of gypsum, striking landforms, storms and stillness, panoramic vistas...

This easy-to-use guidebook with detailed hike narratives and up-to-date maps features 20 of the best, short hikes in the coastal park. The authors have chosen the most scenic hikes perfectly suited for families, those who have a limited amount of time, or hikers who just want to take it easy.

This guide features twenty-seven of the best short hikes in Shenandoah National Park. Accurate maps and detailed directions make this pocket-sized handbook both easy to use and authoritative.

Perched high on bluffs above the Ohio River, Clifty Falls State Park boasts great hiking, scenic waterfalls and camping at a family friendly campground. Taking its name from the waterfall on Clifty Creek, the park got its start from 570 acres given to the State by Madison residents. Numerous picnic...

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Best Casinos in Asia: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating Best Casinos...

Wind Cave is one of the longest and most complex caves in the world. Complete with more than 100 miles of surveyed cavern passageways below ground and 28,295 acres of diverse ecology above, Wind Cave National Park is an American treasure with an impressive history. The first recorded discovery of Wind...

Feeding a Hunger for Adventure, a Thirst for Beauty, and a Longing for Discovery: The Alaskan Dream Between Heaven and the Bering Sea is the highly personal travel experiences of the Burkes over a five-month journey. It begins near the American-Canadian border, takes the reader along the famous...

Situated in Virginia�s southwestern corner in the splendor of the Blue Ridge Mountain Highlands, Marion and neighboring Hungry Mother State Park are steeped in natural beauty. Marion, the name chosen to honor American Revolutionary War hero Gen. Francis Marion, was officially incorporated by the General...

The story of Mount St. Helens is that of an active volcano and human interaction with it. The mountain is culturally important to the regional native people. Its Cowlitz name, Lawetlat�la, means �Person From Whom Smoke Comes.� Early European settlers saw opportunities to make a living from the...

McCormick's Creek State Park is the first state park established in Indiana in 1916,  one hundred years after Indiana received Statehood. In that year the first area resident, John McCormick, homesteaded 100 acres on the site. The park includes almost two thousand acres of forest, campground, trails...

Explore West Virginia's New River Gorge National Recreation Area with a little help from Johnny Molloy. His guidebook, packed with 20 easy day hikes and useful tips, and information will help you on your way to exploring the region.

The American Icons series celebrates the people, places, and objects that have informed American popular culture over the last 75 years. Illustrated throughout and replete with anecdotes, fun facts, and informative sidebars. American Icons: Yellowstone National Park is a celebration of America's...